Ray Milland
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| Born | 3 January 1907 Neath, Wales, UK |
| Died | 10 March 1986 Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Occupation | Actor / Director |
Ray Milland (3 January 1907 - 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and director.
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Career [change]
In the early years he achieved success in films such as Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937), Hotel Imperial (1939), Beau Geste (1939), and The Major and the Minor (1942) with Ginger Rogers. He was also in Ministry of Fear (1944), by Fritz Lang. In the Billy Wilder film The Lost Weekend (1945), he played the role of Don Birnam, an alcoholic writer. That role earned him an Academy Award as best actor.
In the 1950s he starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder (1954).
Another performance was as Oliver Barrett III (1970), in the Arthur Hiller film Love Story (1970), with Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal.
Sci-fi movies [change]
In early 1960, Ray Milland started much to play evil characters, in horror and sci fi movies such as Panic in Year Zero! (1962), he also directed. Premature Burial (1962) and X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963), by Roger Corman, in Frogs (1972), he played a man who is attacked by a plague of mutant frogs, The Thing with Two Heads (1972), he played a doctor whohad a head transplant, Terror in the Wax Museum (1973).
Television [change]
He had a long career in television, including his TV series Meet Mr. McNutley (1953-54), as Ray McNulty, and the Crime TV series Markham (1959-60), as Roy Markham a former lawyer, who works as a detective.
He was a special guest star in General Electric Theater, Night Gallery, Columbo, Battlestar Galactica, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, and many more.
References [change]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ray Milland |
- Ray Milland at the Internet Movie Database
- Ray Milland at the TCM Movie Database
- Ray Milland at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ray Milland at Find A Grave
